8 Reasons the Enterprise Needs More Visibility into the Cloud

Better Cloud Provider Management

According to RightScale's 2016 State of the Cloud Report, lack of expertise around cloud provider management is the number one reason why enterprises are slow to adopt a completely cloud-dependent infrastructure. Knowledge is power when it comes to any negotiation and IT admins managing cloud assets can use a better understanding of internet performance metrics to save money and improve services for their customers, partners and end users. Internet performance knowledge can also alert admins if their performance thresholds are not being met or if performance varies by time of day or location or if they're being overcharged.

One often overlooked way to better manage cloud providers is through the Domain Name System (DNS), which becomes essential when companies want to change configurations with multiple clouds and/or CDNs and optimize performance for the end user.

A massive migration to the cloud has been underway for the better part of the past decade, but the number of enterprises with hybrid configurations may be reaching a tipping point. IDC research suggests that by the end of 2016, more than 65 percent of IT enterprises will have adopted a hybrid cloud configuration and spending on infrastructure for cloud environments will reach $38.2 billion. And it's clear from Dyn's proprietary research that every company in the Fortune 100 has a cloud asset. Hybrid cloud environments reduce costs, increase flexibility and scalability and greatly improve network performance. But IT executives need the right tools to monitor and control their cloud infrastructure to maximize these positive impacts and mitigate security threats.

In this slideshow, Gary Sloper, vice president of global solutions engineering at Dyn, has identified eight reasons for the enterprise to improve visibility and control into their global internet and cloud assets.